Europe and Central Asia

Norway – Norwegian Ornithological Society (NOF)

BirdLife Partner

Founded in 1957
Members: 8778
Staff: 10
Sandgata, Trondheim, NO, 7012
Tel. +47 7384 1640; Fax +47 7384 1641
nof@birdlife.no
www.birdlife.no
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Mission of the organisation

To protect nature, and especially fauna relating to birds, and to constitute a link between people interested in birds in Norway.

Key Activities

  • Protection of bird habitats
  • Running conservation-related projects on several threatened and near-threatened birds species both within Norway and abroad
  • Public information on the significance of protecting birds
  • Publishing membership magazines

 

News

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14 Nov 2017

Greece takes action on three iconic bird species

Roula Trigou from HOS (BirdLife Greece) tells us why the future looks brighter for 3 charismatic bird species in Greece: the Egyptian vulture, the Lesser White-fronted Goose and the Lesser Kestrel.
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Europe and Central AsiaGreece
29 Jun 2017

Ban Vet Diclofenac!

Today, we launch a new international campaign in Spain, Portugal and Italy that aims to ban the drug that could wipe out Europe’s vultures… just as it has already nearly done in Asia.
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Europe and Central AsiaItalyPortugalSpain
19 Jan 2018

HOS/BirdLife Greece navigates political shoals to deliver critical marine protection

An epic playground for seabirds, Mediterranean Monk Seals, marine turtles and cetaceans – and humans for time immemorial – just received a major boost from the Greek government.
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Europe and Central Asia
14 Nov 2017

Tagging the elusive White-headed Duck

Danara Zharbolova and Alyona Koshkina from our Kazakh partner ACBK tell us about their first attempts to catch and tag the elusive White-headed Duck with geolocators out on the lakes of the Central Kazakhstan.

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Europe and Central AsiaKazakhstan
18 Dec 2017

Clean Energy Package in the EU Parliament – Wrapping up for Christmas

As we all begin winding down for Christmas break, here at BirdLife Europe we have been
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Europe and Central Asia
30 Jun 2017

Eat Prey Love VULTURES

Christopher Sands explains why vultures are so misunderstood. This article is the editorial of the June edition of the BirdLife Europe & Central Asia newsletter. Read it here in full.
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Europe and Central AsiaItalyPortugalSpain
24 Nov 2017

The Bird Bulletin: Europe & Central Asia

Today's news round-up from Europe & Central Asia features a major update on Bialowieza forest, a wild challenge to help hedgehogs and dinosaur loose in Brussels.
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Europe and Central AsiaIrelandPolandUnited Kingdom
4 Jun 2018

CAP overhaul in Bulgaria could serve both farmers and nature, study says

At a workshop with politicians, farmers and NGOs, the German BirdLife-Partner NABU and
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Europe and Central AsiaBulgaria
1 Mar 2018

The Silence of the Leaders

A ‘Silence of the Lambs’-inspired demonstration organised by BirdLife in Brussels last Friday saw 133 European NGOs demand more money for the EU to protect biodiversity.
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Europe and Central Asia
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